Name a situation where you would fold POCKET ACES preflop?

This.

Obviously pocket Aces is the best starting hand in Texas hold em, but at the same time considering how often they are beat its just not worth taking the risk of getting knocked out of a tournament in certain key situations.

Although I admit I have never done that before and I would have trouble ever doing it preflop.

The objective is to advance in the tournament and/or game, not to win a single hand.

4 players all in.  Only 3 will be eliminated.

You have aces. Player A has Jacks. Player B has AK. Player C is a jackass and has 8,9 Diamonds.

This situation puts you (with AA) as a 59% favorite to win the hand. You have a 41% chance of either being eliminated, or being severely crippled in terms of your chip stack.

If you fold, you have a 100% chance of keeping all your chips, and advancing 3 more places in the tournament.

You fold the aces, 10 times out of 10.

Quote Originally Posted by Spitfire15:



And how is depeche right and I'm wrong?  he just took out the word satellite (aka a tourny where you win a seat -- the ONLY kind of tourny where multiple winners win the same thing) out and put in that 'they all win the same amount of $', what kind of a tourny is that??

What a dope.

In double or nothing tourneys you all win the same amount.  he's not a dope

A spade A diamond - 31.93%

AQ suited hearts- 13.26%

AK suited clubs- 13.13%

9 10 suited spades- 20.38%

5 6 suited diamonds-20.91%

That's the lowest I could get the Aces against four other hands, for what it's worth

AA vs 9 10 suited is 77.07% vs 22.61%

AA vs 77 opposite suited is 79.69% vs 20.05%

you lose with AA heads up once out of every 4 times, roughly. 

https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-tools/odds-calculator/texas-holdem have fun

We've all been there. I've had my shares unfortunately. Problem is we all tend to remember bad beats with AA instead of the good times when we win with them.

yes, that's true.  people also like to think that AA get "broken all the time."  when in fact it's like once out of every four times.  pretty common and by the odds. 

If everyone in the table is in the pot your aces are about to get cracked. I don't know the odds but they are not good

dude, look above.  i already explained that.

and i already posted that link.  are you blind?

And anyone who folds it unless there are millions on the line is a box.  Keep playing for the chance to just make the money instead of win the tournament losers. 

I once folded AA at a fulltilt tourney which was a 23$ rebuy a few months ago. I made the final table and was guaranteed at least 300$ for 9th place. I was 6th in chips and somehow made it to the top 5 where i had the AA and was lowstacked and small blind. 2 othere ahead of me went all in and the BB was chip leader.

 I folded the AA.  The 2 players showed KK and AK respectively and the monster chip leader who was big bling had 10J suited. Well the monster chip leader ends up with a Q high straight and the KK and AK were out. I moved up to top 3 ans was severely shot stacked and finished with 2300$ for 3rd place.

In a real life game I most likely won't fold the AA, but online with 3 or 4 players ahead of me all-in in a pivotal position which means more money or going home I would fold em. My 2 cents.